Botanical Latin Words - V
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Page numbers below are from the Ray Society’s 1957 facsimile of the first edition (1753) of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus.
vagina, -ae - noun, 1st declension, feminine: sheath
vaginas - accusative plural [p. 58. (Panicum clandestinum)]
vaginis - ablative plural [p. 57. (Panicum sanguinale), p. 58. (Panicum miliaceum), p. 59. (Panicum brevifolium), p. 65. (Aira praecox), p. 76. (Bromus purgans), p. 297. (Allium arenarium, Allium scorodoprasum), p. 334. (Rumex britannica, Rumex verticillatus)]
vaginisque = vaginis (ablative plural) + -que [p. 76. (Bromus ciliatus)]
vaginalis, -is, -e - adjective, group B: relating to a sheath
vaginalibus - ablative plural feminine [p. 363. (Polygonum articulatum), p. 718. (Ononis fruticosa), p. 746. (Hedysarum vaginale), p. 756. (Astragalus hedysaroides)]
vaginans, vaginans, vaginans - adjective, group B: sheathing
vaginantibus - ablative plural feminine [p. 423. (Arenaria rubra)]
vaginantibus - ablative plural neuter [p. 127. (Potamogeton marinum), p. 276. (Statice monopetala, Statice suffruticosa), p. 320. (Aloe vera), p. 523. (Cistus ladanifera)]
vaginatus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: sheathed
vaginatis - ablative plural masculine [p. 52. (Eriophorum vaginatum)]
vaginato - ablative singular masculine [p. 945. (Ophrys corallorhiza, Ophrys nidus-avis, Satyrium epipogium), p. 948. (Ophrys camtschatea), p. 950. (Arethusa bulbosa)]
vagus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: having no particular direction
vagis - ablative plural masculine [p. 90. (Lechea major), p. 1124. (Hypnum rutabulum, Hypnum triquetrum), p. 1127. (Hypnum loreum, Hypnum scorpioides, Hypnum squarrosum, Hypnum viticulosum), p. 1128. (Hypnum curtipendulum), p. 1129. (Hypnum cuspidatum, Hypnum illecebrum)]
vagis - ablative plural feminine [p. 18. (Utricularia caerulea)]
vagis - ablative plural neuter [p. 1143. (Lichen omphalodes)]
valvula, -ae - noun, 1st declension, feminine: valve
valvula - ablative singular [p. 43. (Schoenus ferrugineus, Schoenus nigricans), p. 75. (Festuca bromoides)]
valvularum - genitive plural [p. 336. (Rumex vesicarius), p. 337. (Rumex roseus)]
valvulis - ablative plural [p. 333. (Rumex patientia), p. 334. (Rumex alpinus, Rumex britannica, Rumex sanguineus, Rumex verticillatus), p. 335. (Rumex acutus, Rumex aegypticus, Rumex crispus, Rumex maritimus, Rumex obtusifolius, Rumex persicarioides), p. 336. (Rumex aquaticus, Rumex bucephalophorus, Rumex lunaria), p. 337. (Rumex spinosus), p. 1053. (Atriplex hastata)]
variego, -are, -avi, -atum - verb, 1st conjugation: to variegate; to diversify with various colors
variegato - perfect passive participle, ablative singular neuter [p. 43. (Schoenus coloratus)]
vena - noun, 1st declension, feminine: vein
venis - ablative plural [p. 1181. (Peziza acetabulum)]
venosus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: having many branched veins, veiny
venosis - abative plural masculine [p. 419. (Silene rubella)]
venosis - abative plural neuter [p. 29. (Piper siriboa), p. 30. (Piper umbellatum), p. 214. (Apocynum reticulatum), p. 268. (Viburnum lantana), p. 369. (Laurus nobilis), p. 370. (Laurus aestivalis, Laurus borbonia, Laurus indica, Laurus persea), p. 510. (Clusia minor), p. 749. (Hedysarum violaceum), p. 872. (Aster sibiricus), p. 1018. (Salix myrsinites)]
venoso-reticulatis = venoso- (combining form of group A adjective venosus, -a, -um) + reticulatis (ablative plural feminine of group A adjective reticulatus, -a, -um) [p. 15. (Justicia betonica), p. 418. (Silene beben)]
venosus - nominative singular masculine [p. 1148. (Lichen venosus), p. 1149. (Lichen caninus, Lichen croceus)]
ventricosus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: swollen
ventricosa - ablative singular feminine [p. 55. (Phalaris arundinacea)]
ventricosis - ablative plural masculine [p. 260. (Seseli annuum)]
ventricosis - ablative plural feminine [p. 85. (Triticum aestivum, Triticum hybernum, Triticum turgidum), p. 228. (Gentiana saponaria, Gentiana villosa), p. 317. (Hyacinthus orientalis), p. 529. (Corchorus olitorius), p. 636. (Thlaspi alliaceum)]
ventricosis - ablative plural neuter [p. 286. (Tillandsia lingulata), p. 301. (Allium fistulosum), p. 830. (Atractylis cancellatus)]
ventricoso - ablative singular masculine [p. 300. (Allium cepa)]
ventricoso-oblongis = ventricoso- (combining form of group A adjective ventricosus, -a, -um) + spicatis (ablative plural masculine of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um [p. 739. (Cytisus hirsutus)]
vernalis, -is, -e - adjective, group B: vernal
vernalibus - ablative plural neuter [p. 238. (Bupleurum difforme)]
verruca, -ae - noun, 1st declension, feminine: wart-like projection, swelling
verruca - ablative singular [p. 712. (Aspalathus verrucosa)]
verrucis - ablative plural [p. 1148. (Lichen aphtosus)]
verrucosus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: warty
verrucosis - ablative plural feminine [p. 459. (Euphorbia verrucosa), p. 462. (Euphorbia hyberna), p. 670. (Bunias orientalis), p. 1158. (Fucus vesiculosus), p. 1159. (Fucus spiralis)]
verrucosis - ablative plural neuter [p. 1146. (Lichen farinaceus)]
versus - preposition (takes accusative): toward
versus [p. 725. (Dolichos lablab), p. 1164. (Conferva canalicularis)]
verticillatus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: whorled
verticillata - nominative singular [gender?] [p. 573. (Betonica annua)]
verticillatis - ablative plural masculine [p. 22. (Monarda punctata), p. 23. (Monarda ciliata), p. 101. (Hedyotis auricularia), p. 147. (Lysimachia punctata), p. 173. (Lonicera caprifolium), p. 176. (Triosteum perfoliatum), p. 206. (Illecebrum verticillatum), p. 242. (Caucalis leptophylla), p. 339. (Medeola virginiana), p. 446. (Lythrum verticillatum), p. 562. (Teucrium botrys), p. 567. (Satureja thymbra), p. 569. (Thymbra verticillata), p. 570. (Nepeta nuda), p. 577. (Mentha arvensis, Mentha canadensis, Mentha gentilis, Mentha pulegium), p. 578. (Mentha cervina), p. 591. (Thymus acinos), p 592. (Melissa officinalis, Thymus pulegioides), p. 593. (Melissa pulegioides), p. 595. (Dracocephalum canescens, Dracocephalum grandiflorum, Dracocephalum moldavicum), p. 596. (Dracocephalum nutans, Dracocephalum peltatum, Dracocephalum thymiflora), p. 621. (Scrophularia coccinea), p. 634. (Ruellia strepens), p. 721. (Lupinus hirsutus), p. 722. (Lupinus luteus), p. 833. (Bidens verticillata), p. 992. (Myriophyllum verticillatum), p. 1065. (Osmunda verticillata)]
verticillatis - ablative plural feminine [p. 173. (Lonicera sempervirens), p. 227. (Gentiana lutea, Gentiana purpurea), p. 228. (Gentiana saponaria), p. 231. (Gentiana cruciata), p. 638. (Vitex agnus-castus), p. 1064. (Osmunda zeylanica)]
verticillatis - ablative plural neuter [p. 89. (Mollugo verticillata), p. 102. (Sherardia arvensis), p. 107. (Galium glaucum, Galium purpureum, Galium rubrum), p. 108. (Galium parisiense), p. 195, (Phylica ericoides), p. 217. (Asclepias verticillata), p. 253. (Sison verticillatum), p. 281. (Linum verticillatum), p. 303. (Lilium camschatcense, Lilium canadense, Lilium martagon), p. 315. (Convallaria verticillata), p. 339. (Medeola aculeata), p. 355. (Erica abietina), p. 356. (Erica plukenetii), p. 368. (Elatine alsinastrum), p. 440. (Spergula arvensis, Spergula pentandra), p. 542. (Anemone thalictroides), p. 579. (Galeopsis ladanum, Galeopsis tetrahit), p. 614. (Antirrhinum arvense), p. 706. (Polygala verticillata)]
verticillatis - ablative plural [neuter?] [p. 94. (Protea argentea)]
verticillato - ablative singular masculine [p. 1023. (Viscum verticillatum)]
verticillato-foliolis = verticillato- (combining form of group A adjective verticillatus, -a, -um) + foliolis (ablative plural masculine of group A adjective foliolus, -a, -um) [p. 911. (Centaurea pullata)]
verticillato-quaternis = verticillato- (combining form of group A adjective verticillatus, -a, -um) + quaternis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective quaternus, -a, -um) [p. 1101. (Lycopodium phlegmaria)]
verticillato-spicatis = verticillato- (combining form of group A adjective verticillatus, -a, -um) + spicatis (ablative plural masculine of group A adjective spicatus, -a, -um) [p. 571. (Nepeta hirsuta, Nepeta italica), p. 591. (Thymus vulgaris, Thymus zygis)]
verticillus, -i - noun, 2nd declension, masculine: whorl, verticil [of flowers in the Lamiaceae]
verticilla - [case, number?] [p. 571. (Nepeta tuberosa)]
verticillis - ablative plural [p. 25. (Salvia pratensis), p. 26. (Salvia indica, Salvia verticillata), p. 27. (Salvia aethiopis), p. 564. (Teucrium canadense), p. 567. (Satureja juliana, Satureja mastichina), p. 570. (Nepeta cataria, Nepeta violacea), p. 571. (Nepeta hirsuta), p. 580. (Galeopsis galeobdolon, Stachys palustris, Stachys sylvatica), p. 581. (Stachys alpina, Stachys cretica, Stachys germanica), p. 582. (Marrubium alysson), p 588. (Clinopodium incanum), p. 591. (Thymus alpinus)]
verticillo - ablative singular [p. 582. (Stachys orientalis)]
vesicula, -ae - noun, 1st declension, feminine: small bladder
vesiculam - accusative singular [p. 1159. (Fucus nodosus)]
vesiculis - ablative plural [p. 1158. (Fucus vesiculosus), p. 1159. (Fucus spiralis), p. 1160. (Fucus siliquosus), p. 1161. (Fucus barbatus, Fucus foeniculaceus)]
vesiculosus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: covered with small bladders
vesiculosis - ablative plural masculine [p. 1158. (Fucus ceranoides), p. 1161. (Fucus abrotanifolius)]
vesiculosis - ablative plural feminine [p. 1159. (Fucus divaricatus)]
vestitus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: clothed
vestito - ablative singular masculine [p. 2. (Amomum grana-paradisi)]
vexillum, -i - noun, 2nd declension, neuter - standard/banner petal
vexillo - ablative singular [p. 676. (Geranium papilionaceum), p. 677. (Geranium myrrhifolium), p. 724. (Phaseolus inamoenus)]
vexilli - genitive singular [p. 725. (Phaseolus alatus)]
vexillis - ablative plural [p. 724. (Phaseolus helvolus, Phaseolus vexillatus), p. 725. (Phaseolus caracalla), p. 736. (Vicia lutea), p. 737. (Vicia hybrida), p. 760. (Astragalus onobrychis), p. 767. (Trifolium comosum), p. 770. (Trifolium montanum), p. 772. (Trifolium agrarium, Trifolium procumbens, Trifolium spadiceus [as renamed in 1755]), p. 773. (Trifolium filiforme)]
viceni, -ae, -a - adjective (numerical distributive; plural) - twenty each, twenty at a time
vicenis - ablative plural masculine [p. 922. (Arctotis tristis)]
viginti - adjective (indeclinable): twenty
viginti [p. 70. (Briza eragrostis)]
vigintijugo, -are, -avi, -atum - verb, 1st conjugation: to connect[?]
vigintijugatis - perfect passive participle, ablative plural neuter [p. 522. (Mimosa tenuifolia)]
villosus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: villose
villosa - nominative singular feminine [p. 141. (Aretia alpina), p. 388. (Jussiaea suffruticosa), p. 574. (Sideritis cretica), p. 1112. (Mnium polytrichoides)]
villosa - ablative singular feminine [p. 61. (Alopecurus monspeliensis)]
villosis - ablative plural masculine [p. 6. (Nyctanthes hirsuta), p. 306. (Ornithogalum hirsutum), p. 409. (Saponaria ocymoides, Saponaria orientalis), p. 419. (Silene virginica), p. 564. (Teucrium asarum), p. 583. (Marrubium pseudodictamnus, Marrubium supinum), p. 584. (Leonurus tataricus), p. 770. (Trifolium scabrum), p. 821. (Carduus acanthoides, Carduus lanceolatus), p. 823. (Carduus eriophorus), p. 824. (Carduus altissimus), p. 895. (Anthemis valentina), p. 912. (Centaurea argentea), p. 1046. (Andropogon virginicum)]
villosis - ablative plural feminine [p. 58. (Panicum dactylon), p. 76. (Bromus purgans), p. 86. (Triticum turgidum), p. 139. (Echium italicum), p. 213. (Apocynum frutescens), p. 410. (Dianthus armeria), p. 590. (Origanum syriacum), p. 608. (Pedicularis tristis), p. 669. (Raphanus sibiricus), p. 768. (Trifolium rubens), p. 769. (Trifolium angustifolium, Trifolium arvense, Trifolium incarnatum), p. 1047. (Holcus sorghum), p. 1048. (Holcus lanatus)]
villosis - ablative plural neuter [p. 64. (Aira cespitosa), p. 79. (Avena pensylvanica), p. 84. (Secale villosum), p. 108. (Galium aparine), p. 152. (Phlox pilosa), p. 153. (Phlox sibirica), p. 154. (Convolvulus carolinus), p. 159. (Convolvulus hirtus), p. 161. (Ipomoea alba), p. 187. (Solanum mammosum), p. 188. (Solanum tomentosum), p. 202. (Vitis indica), p. 214. (Asclepias purpurascens), p. 216. (Asclepias decumbens), p. 228. (Gentiana villosa), p. 238. (Bupleurum villosum), p. 265. (Rhus coriaria), p. 273. (Aralia chinensis), p. 340. (Menispermum carolinum), p. 341. (Menispermum hirsutum, Menispermum orbiculatum), p. 373. (Sophora alopecuroides), p. 476. (Crataegus tomentosa), p. 491. (Rosa villosa), p. 498. (Potentilla canadensis), p. 524. (Cistus incana, Cistus monspeliensis), p. 525. (Cistus canus), p. 532. (Aconitum lycoctonum), p. 563. (Teucrium latifolium), p. 585. (Phlomis nissolii), p. 590. (Origanum syriacum), p. 633. (Dodartia indica), p. 664. (Hesperis verna), p. 678. (Geranium capitatum), p. 684. (Sida cordifolia), p. 692. (Urena sinuata), p. 715. (Crotalaria villosa), p. 735. (Vicia nissoliana), p. 737. (Vicia hybrida), p. 741. (Ulex europaeus), p. 752. (Cracca tinctoria, Cracca villosa, Cracca virginiana), p. 754. (Glycine bituminosa), p. 758. (Astragalus contortuplicatus), p. 761. (Astragalus uralensis), p. 767. (Trifolium globosum, Trifolium subterraneum), p. 805. (Crepis pygmaea), p. 817. (Serratula multiflora), p. 841. (Chrysocoma villosa), p. 864. (Erigeron camphoratum), p. 870. (Senecio nemorensis), p. 882. (Inula britannica), p. 890. (Chrysanthemum bipinnatum), p. 899. (Achillea atrata), p. 904. (Buphthalmum salicifolium), p. 925. (Othonna helenitis, Othonna integrifolia), p. 958. (Passiflora hirsuta), p. 986. (Morus rubra), p. 1009. (Momordica charantia), p. 1019. (Salix aurita, Salix glauca), p. 1020. (Salix fusca, Salix incubacca), p. 1044. (Celtis orientalis)]
villosis - ablative plural [masculine/neuter?] [p. 761. (Astragalus campestris)]
villosissimis - superlative degree, ablative plural neuter [p. 855. (Gnaphalium scabrum)]
villoso - ablative singular masculine [p. 17. (Pinguicula villosa), p. 155. (Convolvulus canariensis, Convolvulus malabaricus), p. 225. (Gomphrena polygonoides), p. 257. (Scandix grandiflora), p. 553. (Ranunculus monspeliacus), p. 711. (Aspalathus astroites), p. 754. (Glycine javanica), p. 791. (Scorzonera angustifolia)]
villoso - ablative singular neuter [p. 61. (Agrostis arundinacea), p. 848. (Artemisia absinthium)]
villoso-glandulosis = villoso- (combining form of group A adjective villosus, -a, -um) + glandulosis (ablative plural feminine of group A adjective glandulosus, -a, -um) [p. 267. (Viburnum tinus)]
villoso-viscosis = villoso- (combining form of group A adjective villosus, -a, -um) + viscosis (ablative plural feminine of group A adjective viscosus, -a, -um) [p. 183. (Physalis pubescens)]
villoso-viscosum = villoso- (combining form of group A adjective villosus, -a, -um) + viscosum (nominative singular neuter of group A adjective viscosus, -a, -um) [p. 437. (Cerastium viscosum)]
villosum - nominative singular neuter [p. 132. (Lithospermum tinctorium)]
villosus - nominative singular masculine [p. 527. (Cistus salicifolius), p. 1148. (Lichen arcticus, Lichen venosus), p. 1149. (Lichen caninus, Lichen croceus), p. 1176. (Agaricus betulinus)]
villus, -i - noun, 2nd declension, masculine: long, weak hair
villo - ablative singular [p. 1185. (Mucor embolus
violaceus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: violet-colored
violacea - nominative singular feminine [p. 1168. (Byssus phosphorea)]
violaceo - ablative singular masculine [p. 1173. (Agaricus violaceus)]
virgatus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: twiggy
virgata - ablative singular feminine [p. 447. (Lythrum virgatum), p. 616. (Antirrhinum genistifolium)]
virgata - ablative singular neuter [p. 59. (Panicum virgatum)]
virgatis - ablative plural masculine [p. 593. (Melissa fruticosa), p. 846. (Artemisia campestris), p. 1021. (Sali viminalis)]
virgatis - ablative plural feminine [p. 362. (Polygonum barbatum)]
viridis, -is, -e - adjective, group B: green
viridibus - ablative plural neuter [p. 1141. (Lichen atrovirens), p. 1167. (Conferva rupestris)]
viridis - nominative singular masculine [p. 1147. (Lichen caperatus), p. 1185. (Mucor furfuraceus)]
viridis - nominative singular feminine [p. 1163. (Ulva latissima), p. 1168. (Byssus velutina), p. 1169. (Byssus botryoides)]
viridissimis - ablative plural neuter [p. 1165. (Conferva aeruginosa)]
viscidus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: viscid
viscidis - ablative plural neuter [p. 800. (Hieracium hedypnoides), p. 868. (Senecio viscosis)]
viscido - ablative singular masculine [p. 1173. (Agaricus viscidus), p. 1174. (Agaricus clypeatus), p. 1175. (Agaricus fragilis), p. 1177. (Boletus granulatus, Boletus viscidus)]
vix - adverb: barely
vix - [p. 132. (Lithospermum arvense, Lithospermum officinale), p. 139. (Echium italicum), p. 596. (Dracocephalum thymiflora)]
volubilis, -is, -e - adjective, group B: twining
volubili - ablative singular masculine [p. 140. (Tournefortia volubilis), p. 196. (Celastrus scandens), p. 212. (Cynanchum acutum, Cynanchum hirtum, Cynanchum monspeliacum, Cynanchum suberosum), p. 214. (Apocynum reticulatum), p. 364. (Polygonum convolvulus, Polygonum scandens), p. 623. (Bignonia sempervirens), p. 723. (Phaseolus vulgaris), p. 724. (Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus farinosus, Phaseolus helvolus, Phaseolus inamoenus, Phaseolus lunatus), Phaseolus vexillatus), p. 725. (Phaseolus alatus, Phaseolus caracalla), p. 726. (Dolichos erosus, Dolichos scarabaelides), p. 750. (Hedysarum volubile), p. 836. (Eupatorium houstonianum, Eupatorium scandens), p. 960. (Aristolochia indica), p. 961. (Aristolochia baetica), p. 980. (Tragia volubilis)]
volubilis - nominative singular feminine [p. 452. (Euphorbia viminalis)]
? - [?]
versu - ablative singular [gender?] [p. 74. (Festuca amethystina)]
versis - ablative plural neuter [p. 1002. (Pinus abies)
volva, -ae - noun, 1st declension: volva
volva - ablative singular [p. 1184. (Lycoperdon carpobolus, Lycoperdon stellatum)]
volvatus, -a, -um - adjective, group A: with a volva
volvato - ablative singular masculine [p. 1172. (Agaricus muscarius), p. 1175. (Agaricus separatus)]
volvato - ablative singular neuter [p. 1179. (Clathrus denudatus)]
volvatus - nominative singular masculine [p. 1179. (Phallus impudicus)]
end of V words